My 13 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD-PI at the age of 6. I’ll never forget the day we got that paper from the doctor we’d only met with once. They had evaluated our family life, his educational ability, and our effectiveness as parents and boiled it down to one piece of paper. I’m […]
6th grade. It’s enough to rock any family to the core. Now let’s imagine a 6th grade boy with ADHD. Then add to that a failed IEP, a stinky Intervention Specialist, and puberty. It’s a recipe for major 6th grade failure. As the school year progressed I watched my spirited young man grow further and […]
Raising boys is hard! Especially when they turn 13 without permission. This is Bubby! At least we call him Bubby! Or Bubbies! He is super smart and has the kindest heart. He also just turned 13. And then I started to cry. You see being 13 comes with a whole lot of weird stuff. It’s […]